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Judge resolves L.A. layoff suit | Thoughts on Public Education

Judge resolves L.A. layoff suit | Thoughts on Public Education

Judge resolves L.A. layoff suit - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Three days of hearings this week didn’t change his mind. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Friday approved a landmark settlement that will shield 45 low-performing and new schools in Los Angeles Unified from seniority-based teacher layoffs that would have disproportionately harmed the schools’ disadvantaged children. The 45 schools include the three low-income, low-achieving [...]